Jake Burns finally joins me in reconsidering Rodney DeValvefield's chances of making the 2019 final roster.
DeValve has all the tools to play wing TE, H-Back, and Fullback. He is vertically-challenged as an in-line Tight End, but does have the size and strength.
Jake likens DeValve to ex-Raven/current Niner Kyle Juszczyk (labelled a "Fullback"), and thinks he can do for Freddie what Kyle does for Shanahan.
It is important that DeValve embrace all this stuff; nobably the blocking parts, but being...you know bigger, faster, stronger, more athletic, with better hands...nevermind.
Jake also sheds some light on the ignorant cesspool of ignorance surrounding Demetrius Harris.
This film room is about his pass-catching, not his blocking. Harris has had one (or possibly two) high-profile drops, so both KC fans and Browns fans have decided he can't catch.
PFF and Jake beg to differ. By the way, that's a Memorex Moron too: 1 or 2 drops mean a guy "can't catch".
Greg Rosenthol deserves some kind of trophy or medal or something for coming up with TWENTY FOUR reasons why Nick Chubb might make a big leap in his second season.
The article makes him sound like me, as he has to dig real deep to come up with all that stuff.
The scouting reports on him were indeed all wrong etc., but Greg points to Chubb's 4.47 yards-after-contact average to point out that Chubb didn't have much help from his blockers.
Chubb doesn't screw around consolidates a few of Greg's points: He never tries to get outside when it's not there; he'll drive it inside instead and take what he can get (which is sometimes a LOT).
Guys do "bounce off" him (when he can't avoid contact).
The rest of this is likewise stuff I've told you, like he has a ton of tread left on his tires, he's massively underrated as a receiver, and he's...you know...SOLID, personally. Confident. Quiet. That hint of a smile on his face all the time?
Dan Justik might have a valid point about Sheldon Richardson's salary being too high...or not:
Cagnon says he's the 9th-highest paid DT in the NFL (so far).
...err...are there 10 or more Defensive Tackles who are better than Richardson? He TURNS 29 this season...hey is that supposed to mean something?
And he had a GREAT season last year (not a -yawn- "decent" one), and how the rest of the defense he played on performed is irrelevant.
...Ok Cagnon is demoted as a source. This isn't his first offense. He gets hyperbolic sometimes, and Dan just dives right into it!
Randy Gurzi is still up there, but in listing 3 contract extensions the Browns need to make after Damarius Randall, he missed a couple, starting with Randall.
I've addressed the Randall thing at length in previous posts: Randall is great, but in a non-Williams Defense is not 75% better than the guy who would replace him.
Does anybody understand this? Guy A costs 14 mil. Guy B costs 4 mil, and is like 82% as good as guy A.
JC Tretter/Rashard Higgins check, but Randy goes all-in with Joe Schobert too.
...I think this is like I'm the GM and Randy is the Coach or something. We both love Randall and Schobert, but Randy is the one who flunked math.
Even that analogy is a bad one, since the new Coach is Steve Wilks...
Ok Gdammit WAKE UP:
With all these superstars backing up all these Brinks trucks, you have to send some of them away empty.
You got a bunch of Free Safeties and a defensive scheme that leans on the FS a little less, and you save 10 mil turning that truck away.
You got a boatload of Linebackers (including coverage linebackers) so you can save 8 mil by turning that Brinks truck away.
Yay good for you Randall and Joe hope you kick ass! Sorry we couldn't afford you!
Business is business.
Aw crap I give up okbye
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